Found some very special “make it look hacky” bash in criminal minds.
I’ve told the wife I can’t watch these shows because of how bad the tech always is, and I can’t stop myself from losing suspension of disbelief when something like this happens
Brooklyn Nine-Nine did an entire episode lampshading this whole thing. (S06E14 for the curious)
The only exception is Mr. Robot. Check this command the main character runs as root:
shred -uz /*Only show I’ve seen where they show real commands with really damaging effects.
I remember watching the first episode and he brought up a terminal and thinking “here we go” then…“holy shit… Those are real commands”
That and the explanations I was ready to laugh at for being terrible, then… Wait, no, those actually make sense
And it is also great television. For me personally, the best I’ve ever seen. Whoever reads this and hasn’t seen it already: Do it! And watch it all! Some might think season 2 is a little slow (I still liked it), but season 3 is just incredible.
Yeah, I’ll admit I kind of stalled out in season 2 but I’ve meant to go back and finish… It would be easier if my wife liked that sort of TV 😅 I’ll just have to watch it alone 😭
This still makes me laugh:
at least output dmesg or get htop on the screen or something. you could find it on the internet if you look up commands to look like a hacker and thats not even 30 seconds of effort. i wonder how many other professions cringe at the shitty tv shows about their craft.
We even have an app for it now: apt install hollywood
How is changing directories “hacking”???
Who said it was?
You did
Where?
Where the fuck do you think?
I don’t know. Tell me.
